Snowflakes Christmas Card & Recipe

 

  Hello crafter's, Today is the day before Christmas Eve. I finally have all of the presents wrapped and have placed them under the tree. 

It's kind of hard to believe that Christmas is already here. Seems like the months just fly by anymore. 

Well let's get on to my card

For this card I have made a trio of embossed snowflakes on Crumb Cake cardstock.  This card is basically the same as the one on my last post. But the last one was done white on white with blue snowflakes. Can't decide on which one I like better. I do love kraft colored cardstock. It goes with every color. 

 I couldn't decide on what ribbon to use on this one. I thought about just using some jute twine, but my son came in my craftroom to see what I was doing. I told him that I was trying to decide what ribbon to use. He pointed to the blue/green tinsel and said that one. So, I went with it. (Thanks for the help, Jacob) 💖

Here is a list of supplies used

Stamp Set and sentiment- SU Snowflakes 

Cardstock- SU Crumb Cake and White

WOW White Embossing Powder and Versa Mark

Stitch Circle Nesting Dies

Embossing Folder SU Softly Falling

Stampin Diminsionals and Tinsel 

This will be my last post for this year, so I wanted to share one more recipe. A few days ago, I made some peanut butter fudge, so I thought I would share it here. I enjoy sharing recipes with you all and also a big reason for sharing here is for my granddaughter Scarlett. It makes it convenient for her if she wants to make any of them, especially with the added picture.

Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Fudge

The first thing that you need to do is butter an 8x8 dish or place parchment paper in it. I just use parchment paper because I can just pull the whole thing out for easy cutting.

In a medium to large cooking pot add 2 cups of white sugar and 1/2 cup milk. Turn on burner too low to med heat. (I keep mine close to medium heat most of the time) Stir and continue to stir until mixture starts to boil. Let boil for 2 and a 1/2 minutes. Don't forget to stir, stir, stir. especially when it's boiling. Remove from heat and add 1 tsp of vanilla and 1 cup of peanut butter. Stir until melted and starts to thicken. Quickly pour into your dish. Set on counter until cool, about an hour. I then place mine in the fridge for at least 30 minutes and then take out and cut into squares. Store in an airtight container.

Most people who have never made fudge before thinks it a big process but as you can see it's pretty simple. If you want to make a larger batch, just double the recipe and double the boiling time. If you do a double batch a 9x13 cake pan works great.

 There are several different ways to make peanut butter fudge. But this old-fashioned recipe is my favorite. I have fun memories of helping my mom make big batches at a time. We would have to take turns mixing when it would start to thicken. It's a wonder we got it mixed together in time from laughing so much. Sweet precious memories. This will be my second Christmas without her. I thought of her while making this fudge. Words can't describe how much I miss her.

Since this is my last post for this year, I want to say thank you to everyone who has visited my blog this year and for all the nice comments that you left. I really appreciate it.

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a New Year full of good health, laughter and of course lots of crafting!

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